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Clown vs. Pierrot

Clown and Pierrot Definitions

Clown

A buffoon or jester who entertains by jokes, antics, and tricks in a circus, play, or other presentation.

Pierrot

A character in French pantomime, dressed in a floppy white outfit.

Clown

One who jokes and plays tricks.

Pierrot

Alternative form of Pierrot

Clown

A coarse, rude, vulgar person; a boor.

Pierrot

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genera Tarucus and Castalia, notable for white contrasting with brown or black on the underwings.
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Clown

A peasant; a rustic.

Pierrot

(historical) An 18th-century women's low-cut basque with sleeves.

Clown

To behave like a buffoon or jester.

Pierrot

A male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face

Clown

To perform as a buffoon or jester.

Clown

To krump, especially in clown makeup.
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Clown

A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.

Clown

A person who acts in a silly fashion.
He was regarded as the clown of the school, always playing pranks.

Clown

A stupid or badly-behaved person.

Clown

(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.

Clown

(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.

Clown

A clownfish.
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Clown

To act in a silly or playful fashion.

Clown

To ridicule.

Clown

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

Clown

One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
The clown, the child of nature, without guile.

Clown

The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere.

Clown

To act as a clown; - with it.
Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.

Clown

A rude or vulgar fool

Clown

A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

Clown

Act as or like a clown

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